Car-door hanger



Oct. 16, 1928. 1,688,191

i J. D. K UHN CAR DOOR HANGER Filed May 20, 1926 /N VENTO/e K6 dama/fy/m.

A TTORNE y Patented ct. 16, 1928i.

PATENT OFFICE. 1

J'GHN D. KUHN, OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

GAR-DOOR HANGER.

Application ined May ao,

My invention relates to door hangers and more particularly to car doorhangers.

It is a purpose of my invention to provide means for supporting andguiding a door in its sliding movements toward yand away fromV positionin frontof a door opening in a wall such as the side wall of a freightcar, which means is so constructed that the same will prevent thedisengagement of the Vdoor from the wall portion and which will providefor the ready sliding ofthe door due to the provision of anti-frictionmeans m conjunction therewith.

1t is'a further purpose of my invention to provide means for guiding adoor in its movements, comprising a bracket member or bracket membersmounted on a. wall portion which is exposed to the weather, that is provided with means for shedding water so that water will not come inContact with the runway with which the anti-friction means engages. Thebracket members are preferably so constructed as to house theanti-friction means between themselves and the wall. The door memberthat is to be slidably engaged therewith is provided preferably with abracket member or members having runways co-operating'with the runwaysof the brackets mounted on the wall portion, the antifriction meansbeing mounted between said runways to facilitate the sliding movementsofthe door.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as thedescription of the aecompanying drawings proceeds. However, I desire tohave it distinctly understood that I do not intend to limit myself tothe exact details shown or described, but that I intend to include aspart of my invention all such obvious changes and modiiications of partsas would occur to a person skilledin this art and as would fall withinthe scope of the claim. Y

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of l a railway car, showing myimproved door mounting means in position thereon.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 isa similar section taken on the line 3 8 ofFig. 1. Y i Y Fig. 4Lis a perspective view, partly brokenl away, of the lanti-frictionbearing means employed, and o Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional viewthrough 1926. Serial No. 11),399.`

the bearing supporting means adjacent one of the bearing balls. y

Referring in detail to the drawings:

My improved door mounting means comprises similar wall engaging bracketmeans 10 and 10, one of which is mounted on the wall portion and extendsabove the door opening 11 and the. other of which is mounted on the wallportion and extends below the door opening 11. The bracket members 10and 10 are substantially the saine in construction and comprise asubstantially vertically extending wall engaging portion 12 which issecured to the wall portion 13 by means of any suitable securing memberssuch as bolts 1d. Extending from the wall engaging portion 12 is anobliquely extending water shedding portion 15, and from said obliquelyextending portion 15 extends a depending portion 16, the

lower edge of which is inturned to form a runway 17, said runway formingportion 17 being shaped to provide a concave groove or runway in theupper surface thereof. The portions 16 and 1"? thus form a rail portionco-operating with rail portions provided on the door 1S which is adaptedto close the door opening 11 in the wall portion 13.

rlhe door 18 is provided at its upper end cally extending portion '2Oengaging with the inner face of the door 18, the door being preferablyprovided with a slight offset', as indicated at 21, to receive saidportion 2O so that the exposed face of the bracket 19 is iiush with theexposed inner side of the door 18. The vertically extending portion 2Oof the bracket 19 preferably extends upwardly beyond the upper edge ofthe door so as to overlap the vertically extending portions 16 of thebracket member 10 and is provided with an out-turned runway formingportion 22 which is curved so as to provide a concave runway facing theconcave runway on the portion 17 and substantially aligning therewithwhen the door is assembled with the car in the manner shown in Fig. 2.The extreme outer end 23 of outturned portion 22 and the extreme innerend 24.- of the inturned portion 17 are spaced respectively from thevertically extending portions le and 2O of the coopera-t ing bracketmembers but serve as means to prevent disengagement of the door from thecar body by any lateral movement of the bracket members relative to eachother, the bracket member 19 being housed within the fmV .with a bracketmember 19 which has a vertibracket member 10 and confined by the sameand the wall portion 13.

Mounted between the bracket members 10 and 19 is a ball retaining member25 which is preferably of channel shapel and provided with a hook-likeiiange portion 26. The ball retaining member is provided with openingsthrough which the balls 27 project, the member 25 being provided withannular iianges 28 surrounding the ball receiving` openings, saidflanges being inclined inwardlytoward the openings to provide bailretaining seats in the member 25. The member 2,5 is mounted between thebracket members 10 and 19 with the ball-s 27 in engagement with theconcave portions of the runways y17 and 22. The retaining member 25 isprovided with end flanges 30 with which the bracket member 19 is adaptedto engage to limitthe movement of the member 25 in either direction,thus preventing the ball retaining meinber from being carried out of thewall supported bracket 10 so as to become disengaged .protected from theweather thereby.

therefrom. The ball members 27 are thus housed within the bracket member10 and rEhe door 18 may be provided with an angle member 3l having aportion 32 extending around the upper edge of the door to finish oif thesame, and any suitable retaining means such as the rivets 33 may beprovided for securing the bracket 19 and the angle member 31 in positionon'the door.

The lower wall engaging bracket 10 cooperates with a lower bracket 34carried by the door 18 at the lower end thereof, said bracket 311 havinga vertically extending portion 35 secured to the outer face ofthe door18 jby any suitable securing means such as the rivets 36l :and dependstherefrom. Saidl bracket member 34C i-s further provided withy ahorizontally extending'inturned portion 37 which is furthermore providedwith an upturnedportion 38 whichvterminates in an outturned runwayvforming portion 39, said outturned portion being provided with a concaveportion facing the concave portion 17l of the bracket member 10 andforming a cooperating runway portion therewith engaged by the balls 27mounted in .fthe ball retaining member 25 which is'the same inconstruction YVhat I claim and desire torsecure by Let;

ters Patent is: y. 'Y y n In combination with a door'frame and door, abracket including a wall lportion tachedto thelower portion of the doorframe, extended vdownwardly' and outwardly and terminating inan inwardlydirected runway portion, a bracket including a portion attached to thelower portion of they door, having its lower edge inturned beneaththe'first namedbracket and upturned adjacent'thel doorl frame andterminating in a runway pori tion extended outwardly over thecorresponding portionof the frame bracket, and a bear` p ing memberninterposed betweentherunway portions ofthe vrespective brackets.

.In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

j JOHN'D.

